what if they limit it to internal carry on stealth aircraft to further leverage its stealthiness, and keep the RAM safe
What’s the point then, argument was about external carriage of weapons with RAM for stealth
Let’s assume it anyways. It would most likely increase they weight and hence reduce its performance. Usage of structural RAM will also increase drag. Stealth for a2a missiles isn’t really needed. The range at which PD MAWS work is short enough that stealth is negligible. Other than that RAM can’t be put on radomes, otherwise they will also reduce the signal which the radar recieves
Yeah I was a bit confused when you were applying more -10dbsm to the bird like rcs (-15 to -25dbsm iirc).
I absolutely do not believe that f22 rcs is -40dbsm average frontally, far from it. This is a educated guess but it likely sits at -20 to -25dbsm. It may reach those -40dbsm values but those are minimum at very small angles that it practically doesn’t matter in combat, that too at untold frequency values.
Regarding the document, as you said it is for frontal, we still don’t know the frequency, considering how many random values are given by officials linking it too almost every thing possible in a kids encyclopedia, I don’t think it’s fair to assume it’s for X band, but still it is something to note, and that it’s absolutely not -40dbsm average.
Mind if I use these texts for a post, and the file you gave before? (I will credit your :D)
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I don’t 100% remember what the discussion was about but I think the other guy claimed that China got earlier/ worse versions of the Irbis-E in their Su35s
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Naturally, China received the export version of the Irbis, it is worse in performance.
Would you happen to know how it is worse, specifically? Like what is worse on it?
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I won’t say what exactly is worse in it.
There is no differential model for export of the N035… It’s exported as-is.
no one will export the radar as it is
They even have different indexes
Unless it’s a MiG-29 9-41 / 9-47, or in technicality an Su-30MK2 (which is hilariously better than the M2)
Such as? Both are an N035, both share the Irbis-E name. Unless you can mystically pull up a never-before-seen designation relegated to Chinese export models…
And how is it better?
N035 and N135
but are they different in their performance?
or are they the same in that regard
ECCM.
The N135 doesn’t exist. I’m sorry to say, but you fell for another Pankov myth of relevancy.
What?
The Sh135 isn’t a radar system, it’s an avionics suite. This in no ways translates to the erroneous “N135”, as there is no such thing.
Let me guess, you think the SPO-150 exists too?
Feel free to use all images and text as you wish.
Radar N135 “Irbis”
Oh boy, text on a screen! My turn!
You obviously can’t read
I’ll read when there’s something of substance to read… Not an uncited screenshot of what could be no more than the delusions of an indian blogpost.
The Sh-135 system exists, the N135 does not.
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